SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )

REPUBLIC OF THE PBJLIPPINES )

First Regular Session
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SENATE

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Introduced by Senatoc Ralph G. Recto

A RESOLUTION
DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT CORPORTATIONS AND
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE
STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF PORTIONS OF
METRO MANll..A MILITARY CAMPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH REPUBLIC ACT NUMBER
7227, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
OF 1992", AS AMENDED, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT SAID
PROCEEDS WERE REMITTED BY THE BCDA AND WERE UTILIZED FOR THEIR
INTENDED PURPOSES
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the state to accelerate the sound and balanced conversion of
military reservations into alternative productive land for civilian uses and to sell portions thereof to
raise funds in order to promote economic and social development;
WHEREAS, Republic Act Number 7227, otherwise known as the "Bases Conversion and
Development Act of 1992 ", as amended, was enacted to provide foc the policies and procedures on the
conversion into alternative productive use of the Clark and Subic military ieservations and the sale of
portions ofmilitary camps in Metro Manila;

WHEREAS, the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) was created in
accordance with R.A. No. 7227, as amended, to administer the aforesaid conversion and sale of
portions of military bases;
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WHEREAS, the BCDA Act provides for the distribution of the proceeds from the sale of the

portions of military reservations in Metro Manila, net of expenses, as follows:

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Thirty~five pereent (35%) to finance the modernization program of the Anned

Forces of the Philippines (AFP), transfer and construction of new military camps,
rehabilitation of the AFP Medical Center and the modernization of the government
arsenal;
Twenty-seven and a half percent (27.5%) for the construction and upgrade of
infrastructures such as highways, railways and transport facili_ties to make SubicClark and other bases accessible;
Twelve percent (12%) to finance the National Shelter Program;
'Three percent (3%) to finance the National Health Insurance Program;
Five percent (5%) to finance critical infrastructure project.s not covered by the BuildOperate-Transfer program in areas surrounding the fonner baselands;
Two (2%) to finance the benefits/claims of Military War Veterans and their
dependents;
One percent (1 %) as contribution to the Higher Education Development Fund to
finance student scholarship, faculty development and improved physical plans of
colleges and universities under the Commission on Higher Education;
Two percent (2%) to finance science and technology scholarships and training of
Filipino scientists;
One percent (I%) for the multi-year program of the prosecution service;
Two percent (2%) but not to exceed two billion pesos (P2 billion) to finance the
multi~year modernization of the National Bureau of Investigation, Philippjne

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National Police and the improvement of prison facilities;

One percent (1 %) for multi-year judicial program;
Two percent (2%) to finance the establishment of pre--s-chool and day care centers
nationwide;
One-half percent (1/2%) for the summer program for the education of students;
One percent (I%) for the construction of senior citizen centers;
Three percent (3%) to the emergency and contingent needs of areas devastated by
the Mount Pinatubo eruption; and
Two percent (2%) for infrastructure development of future special economic zones
to be created.

WHEREAS, it is imperative for Congress to detennine if the proceeds from the sale of portions
of military bases were remitted and utilized for the uses mandated by the BCDA law;
WHEREAS, it is also necessary for Congress to review if the eannarking of the said proceeds is
still valid and necessary to date, since the law was last amended in the year 1995;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Philippine Senate, to direct the Committee on
Government Corporations and Public Enterprises to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the
status and distribution of the proeeeds from the sale of portions of Metro Manila military camps in
accordance with Republic Act Number 7227, otherwise known as the "Bases Conversion and
Development Act of 1992", as amended, with the end in view of ensuring that said proceeds were

remitted by the BCDA and were utilized for their intended purposes.

Adopted,